Premeditated Myrtle might be a tween read, but it was excellent! If you like a good mystery you should enjoy it! Set in the 1890's, in London just as CSI type skills are being developed and used. Myrtle is 12 years old, writes and reads Latin, French, and Greek and is a fan of both her father's collection of Law books and her (late) mother's collection of medical books. A governess had been hired, one who has been told to encourage Myrtle's interests (which will cause of few problems since children, especially girls, should "behave"). When the (rather cranky) old woman who lives next door dies it is declared accidental (in the bathtub). Myrtle does not believe this because her neighbor would never bathe at night and without her maid! Just an excellent read! It is the first in the Myrtle Hardcastle Mystery books by Elizabeth C. Bunce.

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